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SUBMITTER: Robbin ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218859 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Robbin Michelle L ML Greene Tom T Allon Michael M Dember Laura M LM Imrey Peter B PB Cheung Alfred K AK Himmelfarb Jonathan J Huber Thomas S TS Kaufman James S JS Radeva Milena K MK Roy-Chaudhury Prabir P Shiu Yan-Ting YT Vazquez Miguel A MA Umphrey Heidi R HR Alexander Lauren L Abts Carl C Beck Gerald J GJ Kusek John W JW Feldman Harold I HI
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20181011 11
<h4>Background</h4>The utility of early postoperative ultrasound measurements in predicting arteriovenous fistula (AVF) clinical maturation is uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated the relationships of ultrasound parameters with AVF clinical maturation in newly created AVF, measured at 1 day and 2 and 6 weeks, in 602 participants of a multicenter, observational cohort study. A backward elimination algorithm identified ultrasound measurements that independently predicted unassisted and overal ...[more]